e 
- our Verbena Su 
scarlet. Its habit for bedding is the 
appearance 
“SUNSET ” VERBENA 
RS. JEYES anp CO. — much pleasure in 
ering for Sale the above v. 
CHRONICLE. 
ofk 
‘growers named below have deseribed i its — 
nset’ is quite distinct f — any other 
best we know of. The 
for a mass of its flowers has all the 
n 
lied, 
iB — ar J wa — to the 
name is well app 
of a —— 
orde — three will be s 
* E the Re are Flower Seeds —— and 
8 Paper of — 9 Ne sperton 
ma membranace rs osotis azoricus, 
“amp pe rrayan — ed. Cc um- 
— 53. each ; 
—The Pric 
ot we" 
. i r Horttoulturat B Buildings” 
Medal was unanimously awarded 
Devon and Cornwa 
0 offer potas at 
DUCED PR ead 
We shall have at — THREE THOUSAND oe and 
FUCHSIAS ready for deli y next, as 
well as a larg e quantity of Geranium, Camel 1 
leas, C. „ Antirrhinums, emums, 
with 9 — of 6 Greenhouse, Hothouse, and Herba- 
plants, will be found in our new Cata- 
on aj 
7111 E. RENDLE & co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth, ae 
EST. TABLISHED 1 1786, 
STAR NURSERY, * 
G be — ike Floral aot 
plod 
ansies, Book 
&c., and may be had on — — 
GIPSY P na ＋ 1. 8 kerd — Pelargonium of 
ce, Conspicuum, Narcissus, 
4 — t show 
—— years, in extra ae —— 
NEW PANSY, HUNT’S “ HELEN, sg Fi me gained more first 
class certificates’ any oth my rap St — ype 
eading w d flow 
— al 
GOLDEN vn YELLOW W Datta, OLIVER'S 10 GOLDEN i 
DROP,” ee gl oe class certificates in | th, 
mi 65 five 2 each in Daan 10s. 6d. 
2 — — — LAD GRENVILLE,” 
a fancy Jear; colour, deep red, 
distinctly tipped with white; as a guarantee 
in 1 first class certificates four extra * 
6d. — — t roots ofall the best 
and other Dahlias, at moderate 5 
ANTI — cen “ee . 
Ewan TILEY begs to infs rm the lovers of the 
above beautiful flower, that he will. be be ready to send out, 
after the 7th May, Five superb Seedling rs 
Selected from above ten thousand 3 * tra, 5s 
Gough, 3. 
splashed and studded over on various coloured grounds, 
give them a appearance—above all the 
older varieties. The sete 3 be sent for II. 
«being a varieties, warrants them 
n Parties 
fale àt a distance pyre cite hae Leng i | 
fully packed stout boxes, : free, on 
Trat of Post-office order for the of 
WI 
varieties of last and | į 
er; tions from Great 
e piken | 
Fancy 
* 
o but one — saps st A that the 
— museum 
The commissioners 
we, in co we be t 
ged to differ from the com- 
are bound to say 
We. * with ae. 
with patience, eh considered . — 
tality — — — — ni ot comm 
bined with 
aiai ju Sinan at i in — of public policy. Nor 
have they always perceived =. a — of action 
which may be 
tolerable in s becomes 
— when applied to national interes ts. 
About three years have = ed since we ventured 
to suggest the expedien n to the Royal 
0 
depart of the n togeth ood 
1 of modern books upon natu d of | 
connecting them -room, public lectures, | ¢ 
&c. (May 22, 840. commissioners did not 
overlook this recommendation; on th 5 
e 
missioners do not, however, refer z their report 
to the lojidi] of e the botanical collec 
Russell- cy to Kew, whence we 
r minds up 
selves e adoption of the 
practice of giving public lectures, because they 
of 
t variety of mate- 
lal men of science, literature, 
and art, may assistance to their researehes. 
ir Hans SLOANE 
rendered as aiet p possible, as well towar 
e desire of the pam as aor the improve- 
je, a and informati 
PERSONS,” 
To us it appears „ 
museum 
to be made useful to to all persons, 
in every way that increasing knowledge and intelli- 
I sits: TRO CANANI 
mean to say tnt public esters do not 
materially, in such collections 
Ponh improvement, knov 
persons ;” nor can they intend to limit the col; 
lections to “the sat 
the desire of the eu: 
8 the effect of their decision is to mak 
r for idlers to stare at. 
ws, at — entitles them to | 
commissioners against san 
2 the dried — from Great Ru 
Tae 
for sale. On 
admit that the practice of the 24 plants which it has been to 1 
> 
ji 1850] THE GARDENERS 275 
OLLYHOCK | the — the ee oop Dt OF ag cag ad 8 3 and that of the Jardin des 
TLE to a T ental institutions 
mall quan of SEED The First Meeting place on S of 8 18 in 
J. ULAT EONS — — — ioties es of * w olours, a packet Subjects for Exhibition am be at this ‘Office on yr favour of tt the introduction of this practice,” 
v double vari 
* 152 the — of postage stamps the at the Garden -past Eight o’clock, A. x., | the ot recommend That is t 
of which will be sent post an $- med varieties, for 5s.— | on the day —— hi h ar 18 do say, they 
to the amount of 2s. 6d.. or in 7S Th 4 Gates — to to —— at One, P.. Tickets are | f at what works well in Paris and 8 
Liyncombe Vale Nursery, Ba i rik ED SEEDLING i- issued to at this Office, price zor at the Garden is not to be adopted in London, and that a 
N helk 15 Fat Eclipse, 10s. 6d. ; Beauty of Rich- inthe afternoon of i ofthe ram Fellow o Exhibition, a * — each; but which is found of great — utility i el Pet - 
— êd. ; istinetus, 76. See der ab a N.B. No Tickets will — T — — — pe 9 Helas dwell sell-street 
h 0 * i l 
Wa, Rumery and Sox gbogo ent ta, tea Pomme ae Exhibition. — commissioners dwe upon the e inexpediency of 
. description of the above splendid FUCHSIAS ORTON mig ee MEETINGS. — Raisers of allowing the collections to be placed “at the dis- 
hich will be sent ou! t on = after the 7th of May, wi e gs and others will pléase to observe these meet- p of lecturers not attached to the museum :”” 
dlio to trade.—Gilling, Richmond, ——— will not be “held when Pe, inet litan Exhibitions fall dit 2 ‘thy 3 
7 AHLIAS — t (Keynes’), 10s. 6d upon a Wednesday, as that otanical Society does sh, Id th we + eg iM 5 7 m. officers 
„ 108. 04") next week. shou emselves deliver the lectures. e co 
; F. Bathurst (Keynes’), 108. 6d., 9 certi- . 
mAh cortifictake (Dodd's), 10s 1 ates ; Queen of censors of of r Blea dh den Misosllany.” n Bee think o Bars say that superin- 
s — U 7 . R e 180, 4 N 8) D Beck, Worton Cottage, Islewor ten and managem alone sufficient to 
s .6d., A a ela . . ol <2 a Te 
Ts. 6d, 4 Highland Chief, 7s, 64., 5 certificates, Flying Dutch- 77 OLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.— engross the Se ae the abilities” of the officers of 
Gd., 5 certificates; Forget-me-not (Hooper’s), 7s. 6d., ission every day in — WEEK, except the mu so more should 
man, 7s. 6d., 
‘all be loadings a) mhon Aina plants, on “applicatio now ready | Saturday, at SIXPENCE each p given. But i isi its 80 5 We saben it that the following 
0 3 > 
for Baw = Aeri — — The G darneners Chronicle. ron le. facts, 8 by the witnesses, entirely negative 
RS. S. anD J. DILLISTONE “ea to offer the ic the rea 
in good pa a TURDAY, MAY 4, 1850. The aper ‘of the Banksian collection states 
si nis to 9s. per dozen — — c 
aenga bes and fancies 6st to 128 wp pen MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. S. hg Peis as follows: “ The general or arranged 
Fuchsias, fine 012s, „ GRMN Gonncsssconseencemsssi — 
Gera genie fine variety s. to ie, ‘and 7 — » Monna, May 64 Pathologiea 9 225 scl not more, possibly somewhat 
ae scarlet ry * British Architects ( ee Ba unarranged, or geographically arranged — aa 
Herbaceous Piants, in choice variety, 5s. per i A per 100. a if. TEC Reale . 8 Ee may probably furnis or 6000 additional 
11 — * ah cs... beau may blue bedding plant, of dwarf Royal e Fanfaren . .. 2 7 species. We may therefore assume the herbarium, 
P z at, in Oo e variety, 4.1 29 Ber Abioi ae Society of ifta —.—.—.55 P.M. whose pri. joa v 3 
es, fine 5 a, China, Bourbon, and Noisettes, 6s., —— skies 3 „are cient to engross the time and 
Mi ANTS. per dozen. oa Sir., the abilities of “tis 2811 f the botanical A 8 
Ro „of Literature sosse, u. * eT 
— tae best Freich and others ... 4s. t0 12 2 . n Hee — —— $ rat, t as containing 36,000 species. This depart- 
“Verbena, “Lilac ” a fine lilac, and perfumed ; habi * $ pii ee 
of Scarlet Defiance, ee and ordered by al who saw itin 3 z 1 Aan t — ment of the museum was — med in 1827, or 283 years 
autumn; only a few plants to spare, at 5s. . u f Anat ae 2 Px, Nan from the grea t her 1 left t by Sir Josep 
—— "of Bedding Plants, in —— ås, per dozen; 8 on Rag" sda iis ala Hil Hartes aig ane no Fe of the ottan nt 2 
—— are respectfully requested from 8 cor-| THE Repo: e Co Shaping onan appointed to rary see ` 133 
— se ar a parcels paid s 385 London inquire into e Se Wiin aad- Government of tie mitted by the friends of that great man that it could 
ish Government. 
arr, 
nearly a be fe a half for its in 
herbarium! ! What the e 
kn 
recei e charge at 5002., 
it will fi follow that the Bes — 9 been 11,5007. — 
23 years, or nearly two pounds per specie s. This mus 
be admitted to be a startling result, singe it is 3 
lected that the value of such things i is . pe 
species, and that the number of species 
the herbarium of the British Museum is orn — 
ably less than in some private herbaria of this oe? 
paeen no ai 1 s ment, 
and manageme: supplied beyond what 
could 2 ere from $ the n of f their possessors. 
prese: . be of the * 
e tion Gi — oo superintende d, 
ed, we have no e. wledge: but if it 1 4 al 
like what a part o when consulted by us 
some years ears sinc, we ean only say that 1,500 has 
been paid by the nation to v e. 
all events, in the face ‘such a nt 
this, it is difficult to un wy the com- 
of leisure as a 
ers could have assigned w 
reason a public lectures should ` ote be — by 
the museum officers. 
— 
ad intel and wou in such 
sodas oe we must th 
eK Phat iy. is ola 
